Doug Peacock to speak at University of Illinois

ROCKFORD — Severson Dells Nature Center presents “The Greatest Adventure: A Survivor's Guide to a Melting Century” at 2 p.m. April 27 at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1 Illini Drive, Peoria.

ROCKFORD — Severson Dells Nature Center presents “The Greatest Adventure: A Survivor’s Guide to a Melting Century” at 2 p.m. April 27 at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1601 Parkview Ave.

Doug Peacock’s will discuss his new narrative, "In the Shadow of the Sabertooth," which explores climate change, archeological digs in Michigan and Montana, forests of Siberia, the coast of the Pacific Northwest and arroyos of Mexico and the American Southwest.

Admission is free for students and $5 for adults. This event is sponsored in part by Headwaters of Hall Creek and Pheasants Forever Winnebago County Chapter.